Telescopes

What do you get when you cross an SCT with a digital camera and Star War’s C3PO?

A comparison and review of the 106

A good scope which could easily have been the best - but isn't.

A Celestron 8 SCT and 8” Dob go head-to-head against a premium Mak-Newtonian (with a special guest appearance by a Takahashi FS-152) by Lawrence Carlino

How good is the 16" ultra-portable scope at a fraction of the cost of an Obsession?

The Webster Telescopes D18 is a relatively compact and light-weight 18" truss-tube Dobsonian. Made in Detroit, MI.

A beginner’s scope that won’t disappoint?

Does it really belong with department store refractors

Run fast. Run far.

I only had to pay $895 for this $1700 equipped telescope! Observing the moon at 285X had me gliding over the moon on an airballoon. Wow!

Chinese Optics... Dynamite or Dud?

GOTO Dob

The Apertura AD12 may sound unfamiliar to most, but I'm betting it won't be that way for long. This is a review of the 12" f5 Dobsonian with the "Tweaker's Dream Package".

A 28" telescope with a 70" eyepiece height at zenith? If you thought that the big Dob revolution had hit its plateau, wait until you meet the largest, fastest Dob on the planet.

Out of a 125 mph wind comes a telescope!